Mu Jin, the legitimate daughter of a military family, is a woman who is disdained by her husband and driven out of the house. When she returns, she learns that her husband has taken a new lover. On...
Upon seeing Mu Weihou emerge, Mu Yan happily ran to him.
"General, I caught Kitazaki off guard and returned with provisions."
Seeing that Marquis Muwei's face showed no joy but rather anger, Mu Yan's eyebrows twitched a few times. He then remembered that he had not asked Marquis Muwei for permission before leading his troops out of the camp without authorization last night.
The general standing next to Marquis Muwei noticed something was wrong and stepped forward to persuade him, saying that since Mu Yan had brought back the grain, his merits and demerits would cancel each other out.
“General Xuanwei has shown contempt for military authority. Take him away and give him 50 lashes. The rest of the personnel who followed General Xuanwei out of the camp were only following orders this time, so let it go. But if there is a next time, they will all be dealt with according to military law.”
"This humble general is willing to accept the punishment," Mu Yan said, kneeling before Marquis Mu Wei.
Upon hearing this, the other generals realized they couldn't persuade the father and son, so they stopped trying.
Inside Mu Yan's tent, Ye Qing was applying medicine to Mu Yan's back, who had been beaten with 50 lashes.
Mu Yan grimaced in pain and begged Ye Qing to be gentler.
"I told you to go with the general to receive the orders. If the brothers hadn't gone easy on you, you would still be alive to cry after those 50 lashes."
Ye Qing is the son of the Marquis of Qingyuan, and he has known Mu Yan since childhood. With his elder brother holding the hereditary title, it was difficult for him, as a son of a concubine, to rise in the ranks. So he later followed Mu Yan to the battlefield and fought his way to his current military rank.
Although Mu Yan and Ye Qing are in a superior-subordinate relationship on weekdays, they get along like good friends in private.
"Ouch~ Ouch~ It hurts so much! Be gentler!" Mu Yan yelled.
"What if my father refuses? The other day I tried to retrieve the grain, but he scolded me!" Mu Yan said with dissatisfaction.
"Have you considered that it might be a trap set by the Kitasaki people? We can't let your stupidity harm the soldiers who follow you."
Upon hearing Mu Weihou's voice, the two men involuntarily tensed up.